Roll of Honor
John C. Stahl, III
Incident
Reserve Deputy Sheriff John Stahl succumbed to injuries he received in a single vehicle crash on June 7, 2004, around 10:20 p.m.
While responding to a call regarding a suspicious vehicle, Reserve Deputy Stahl lost control of his patrol vehicle, flipping a few times before his car burst into flames on Indiana State Road 7. A passing motorist pulled Deputy Stahl from his patrol car. He was airlifted to University Hospital in Kentucky and remained in a coma for a few weeks.
Until his death on June 8, 2025, he suffered from traumatic brain injury, which resulted in a seizure disorder.
Reserve Deputy Stahl was a United States Army Vietnam War veteran and had served with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office for 15 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and sister.
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Tributes
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Reserve Deputy Sheriff Stahl gave the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Madison community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
John C. Stahl, III served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Reserve Deputy Sheriff John C. Stahl, III is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In IN, 151 of 503 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, 2 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John C. Stahl, III's cause is highlighted.
How John C. Stahl, III Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
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Incident Location
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